This week was the leaving dinner at Battery Gardens. Dinner, drinks and of course the dreaded speeches. The view was nice even if the food was questionable. The open bar obv. helped with this issue over the course of the evening and generally it was a fun night! Michael Billet's (head of the programme) speech was entertaining, quite a lot of naming and shaming went on, and the slide show, kindly prepared by some of his chosen few also carried on this theme. Happily I only featured in one or two of these pics, mostly dressed up as various seasonal things such as a bumble bee. :)
The night went on and Nerys, Justine, Kaife, Satna and I enjoyed watching the 'committee' fall over and make fools of themselves..hoho..
The after party was in Chelsea, however the queues were LONG and I was tired so I decided to catch the train home with Rich. OF course when you go anywhere with Rich you never get there, and so we ended up in a bar in Hoboken until about 3.30am.
Thursday was a very painful morning for me. Having gone to bed around 4am and started work at 8.30am my body was in protest. Needless to say I didnt do much on Thursday Evening.
Saturday I met up with Banico and headed to Coney Island! For those not in the know this is an amusement park at the most southern point in Brookl;yn with one of the oldest (and most dodgy looking) wooden rollercoasters still in use.
Then it started to rain. Since Hurricane Gustav hit, we have been expecting some horrendous down pour and it chose to happen whilst I was at the wrong end of Brooklyn without an umbrella on a rollercoaster!
Needless to say, Ban & I grabbed corndogs (which are horrible I dont recommend them) and then literally sprinted to the nearest indoor place- an aquarium.
Not a bad one either. Giant Turtles, sharks, jellyfish and a fish that looked incredibly like Nemo.
We did some posing under a waterfall, and then decided to get back home ASAP due to impending storms. Gulp..
Sunday I met up with Maryam, who is currently observing Ramadan and is therefore always starving, and went to see Mary Poppins on Broadway. The effects were both brilliant, such as when Mary flew off into the audience guided only by an umbrella, and terrible when she pulled out her fold-away lampshade from her bag of tricks. Of course the americans loved it all and naturally as we have come to expect now there was a standing ovation because... well there doesnt seem to be a reason not to anymore. The half-arsed british accents were painful to listen to at times and Mary's "Speet spot' was cringe worthy, but all in all it was entertaining. Afterward it was dark enough outside for Maryam to eat, so we went for 24hr brunch at the Waverely at 9th street and ate omlette and drank tea. Yes it was 10pm.
Monday I received my certificates and bonus from the nice ol' folk at Mountbat! Horay!
Tuesday was the long awaited Stereophonics gig at Webster Hall,
so Justine, Dan and I sprinted home from work in order to make the front-ish row for the concert at 7pm. Ok, so its impossible to make the ACTUAL front, but I was close enough to see them without leaping in the air or zooming - an achievement! All the classics from 'Mr Writer,' 'Have a nice day' and 'Las Vegas' were played- Awesome! (too american? ok REALLY GOOD!!)
The venue was really small, and tickets cheap as most american folk have never heard of them- it's their loss really, we benefitted from the mass of british folk (The welsh in particular waving their flags) in a small confined space and a band who we couldnt afford to see on an intern wage in our home country! Bargain! The drinks flowed and the atmosphere was amazing! Which brings me to tonight!Tonight is the final summer stage concert in central park. It also happens to be the Kooks who are playing it, and I just so happen to have tickets!!!! Horay! Pics will follow!
Laters x
